Re: a few strncpy-related patches

[Andi Kleen]

Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I've seen a few too many cases of strncpy misuse.
> Looking through linux sources, I spotted/fixed these:
>
> [PATCH] ACPI: remove unwarranted use of strncpy
> [PATCH] fs/9p: avoid debug OOPS when reading a long symlink
> [PATCH] kmemleak: avoid buffer overrun: NUL-terminate strncpy-copied
> [PATCH] bfa: avoid buffer overrun for 12-byte model name
> [PATCH] cifs: remove misleading strncpy: each name has length < 16

Better to convert tham all to strlcpy? 

The kernel has it.

-Andi


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